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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)

Errata for NLSY97 Round 14 Release

Important information: Errata updates in NLS Investigator

The NLS Investigator contains the most recent public release of each NLS cohort. Corrections have been made based on the items listed below (unless otherwise noted). These older, corrected error notices are retained for archival purposes, such as enabling replication of research performed before the errors were discovered. Please contact NLS User Services for additional information. Note: Any Geocode-related errata corrections have been made to the restricted-use data file. See the Accessing Data / Cohort page for more information on utilizing restricted-use data.

Corrections and changes to the NLSY97 data

PUBID and INTERVIEW variables on NEWSCHOOL roster - Rounds 3-13

A number of edits across nearly all rounds were made to these variables. Many colleges and a few high schools were incorrectly identified as newly reported schools in the respondents school histories. The edits were made to provide the correct pubid and round that the school was first reported. The following number of edits were made to these variables:

  • Round 3:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 1
  • Round 4:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 1
  • Round 5:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 3
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 3
  • Round 6:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 33
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 33
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 7:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 39
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 25
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 39
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 25
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 8:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 60
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 20
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 63
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 20
  • Round 9:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 20
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 70
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 20
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 10:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 75
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 13
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 74
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 13
  • Round 11:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 86
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 86
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 7
  • Round 12:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 124
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -16
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 125
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 16
  • Round 13:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 249
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -30
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 251
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 31
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 2

Created education variables - Rounds 3-13

We continue to conduct checks on the consistencies among the created education variables and across different survey years. When inconsistencies were found, we incorporated the information collected from all rounds to arrive at the created variables. These checks resulted in the following hand edits for the created variables listed below:

  • Round 3:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 1
    • CV_HGC_9900 - 1
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 1
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_9900 - 1
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 1
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 1
  • Round 5:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 1
    • CV_HGC_0102 - 2
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0102 - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 2
  • Round 6:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 3
    • CV_HGC_0203 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0203 - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 7:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 2
    • CV_HGC_0304 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0304 - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 8:
    • CV_BA_DEGREE - 2
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 5
    • CV_HGC_0405 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0405 - 4
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 5
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 9:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 4
    • CV_HGC_0506 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0506 - 5
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 5
  • Round 10:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 4
    • CV_HGC_0607 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0607 - 7
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 7
  • Round 11:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 6
    • CV_HGC_0708 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0708 - 10
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 10
  • Round 12:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 10
    • CV_HGC_0809 - 2
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0809 - 17
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 20
  • Round 13:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 6
    • CV_HGC_0910 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0910 - 16
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 18

Created highest degree variables - Rounds 10-12

The following variables were updated for 1 case due to corrections to NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.xx and NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.xx:

Question Name

 Year

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0607

 2006

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

 2006

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0708

 2007

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

 2007

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0809

 2008

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

 2008

Created schools attended variables - Rounds 3-13

A review of the school identifiers on the NEWSCHOOLD_ roster uncovered some high schools that were listed as new to the respondent rather than a school the respondent attended in an earlier round. These corrections caused the updates to the following number of schools attended variables:

  • Round 3:
    • CV_SCH_ATTEND_EVER - 1
    • CV_SCH_ATTEND_YR - 1

Created marriage and cohabitation variables - Rounds 5-13

Due to additional information gathered during the round 13 marriage section, a number of updates were made to created marriage and cohabitation variables. The variables, round and number of affected respondents are below:

Question Name

 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13

CV_COHAB_TTL

 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CV_FIRST_MARRY_DATE~M

 2 4 4 9 10 28 50    

CV_FIRST_MARRY_DATE~Y

 2 4 4 9 10 28 50    

CV_FIRST_MARRY_MONTH

 2 4 4 9 10 28 50    

CV_FIRST_COHAB_DATE~M

 1 1 1 1 1 1 1    

CV_FIRST_COHAB_DATE~Y

 1 1 1 1 1 1 1    

CV_FIRST_CONHAB_MONTH

 1 1 1 1 1 1 1    

CV_MARRIAGES_TTL

 3 5 6 11 11 28 49 50 47

CV_MARSTAT

 3 5 8 14 17 36 54 51 51

CV_MARSTAT_COLLAPSED

 4 6 8 14 16 35 54 51 49

Created child birth date/residence status - Round 12

Data from the current round led to updated information on the children of respondents. The affected variables and number of respondents are the following:

2008:

  • 1 case
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01

2009:

  • 1 case
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02
    • CV_CHILD_STATUS.02
  • 1 case
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.05~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.05~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.05
    • CV_CHILD_STATUS.05
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.03
    • CV_CHILD_STATUS.03
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.04~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.04~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.04
    • CV_CHILD_STATUS.04
  • 1 case
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01
  • 1 case
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~M
    • CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.03